The perennial "how do I remove duplicates from a list" topic came up on c.l.py and in the discussion I mentioned the java 1.5 LinkedHashSet and LinkedHashMap. I'd thought about proposing these before, but couldn't think of where to put them. It was pointed out that the obvious place would be the collections module.
For those who don't know, LinkedHashSet and LinkedHashMap are simply hashed sets and maps that iterate in the order that the keys were added to the set/map. I almost invariably use them for the above scenario - removing duplicates without changing order. Does anyone else think it would be worthwhile adding these to collections, or should I just make a cookbook entry? Cheers. Tim Delaney _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
